diff --git a/comps-f16.xml.in b/comps-f16.xml.in
index 4a0929e2..ac380923 100644
--- a/comps-f16.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f16.xml.in
@@ -734,7 +734,6 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">cronie-anacron</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">dhclient</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">e2fsprogs</packagereq>
-      <packagereq type="mandatory">fedora-release</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">file</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">filesystem</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">glibc</packagereq>